Aviation schools are gearing up to teach students how to fly drones. Dozens of schools now offer courses in what's known as UAS — unmanned aircraft systems — which range from drones as big as small planes to 2-foot-wide mini-helicopters. Embry-Riddle now offers the first UAS master's degree program.

George W. Bush was the 43rd President of the United States. A kicker on the University of Alabama football team, who wears uniform number 43, received a note from George W. Bush after a rough performance against Auburn University.

Pointing to concerns about players' health, Major League Baseball announced plans to eliminate home-plate collisions on Wednesday. The decision could go into effect next season, pending approval from the players' association.

How did two adults and four children survive the below-zero temperatures in the Nevada mountains? Rescuers say they did the right things: Stayed with their car, started a fire, and had food and water with them.

Johnny Manziel is the defending Heisman Trophy winner. Jameis Winston of Florida State is this year's favorite to keep Johnny Manziel from becoming the first Heisman repeat winner since Ohio State's Archie Griffin in 1975.

Sheriff's deputies arrested: Federal officials arrested 18 current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and charged them with beating inmates and jail visitors, falsifying reports, and trying to obstruct an FBI probe of the nation's largest jail system.

The Mormon ban on priests of African descent ended in 1978, but this is the first time the church has given an official explanation for the reasons behind the racist ban or addressed the once widely held notion that skin color indicated spiritual superiority.